Toulouse coach at Wire

Sylvain Houles the Toulouse Olympique cup/league winning coach has spent the last week at the HJ Stadium shadowing Tony Smith and his backroom staff. Houles who played SL at Huddersfield and London Broncos has made a great start after taking over mid season from former France coach Gilles Dumas. Still no word from the French club about their SL aspirations; if the idea is they are to play in the new look Championship across the Channel in 2016 may be it would need a decision before the new 2015 campaign kicks off. Nothing in the latest RFL press releases about expansion. For me Toulouse go-ahead for 2016 to be given asap and why not Avignon for 2018.

"Just as we had been Cathars, we were treizistes, men apart."Jean Roque, Calendrier-revue du Racing-Club Albigeois, 1958-1959

"It involves matters much greater than drafting the new rules...the original and existing games have their own powerful appeal to their players and public and have the sentiments which history inspires"Harold 'Jersey' Flegg 1933